form_schema, form_schema_ext and form_xml retrieve only the latest form version

[mtyszler]

Feature

In its current form, form_schema(), form_schema_ext() and form_xml() retrieve the latest version of a form.

This is the most common use case. However, there are use cases in which retrieving previous versions of the form is useful, for example to compare changes over time.

To achieve this, a simple modification needs to be made to these functions.

In essence you need to replace the API url

v1/projects/{pid}/forms/{URLencode(fid, reserved = TRUE)}/fields

wtih

v1/projects/{pid}/forms/{URLencode(fid, reserved = TRUE)}/versions/{form_version}/fields

if a new parameter form_version (which can be NULL by default) is passed to the functions.

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Let me know if you find this an interesting feature.

[SLGiHub]

This would be super helpful. It would avoid missing data and media attachments as indicated here, when it is downloaded.

[florianm]

Coming back to this, yes this looks like a great feature and we should add this. I'm working on a branch right now and can add this within the next few days. Maybe it will fix the issue reported on the forum?